Walton County Animal Control

Walton County Animal Control is a pet store and animal services provider in Monroe, GA, located at 1411 S Madison Ave. The department enforces the county's animal control ordinances and state laws, working to protect the public from stray, dangerous or diseased animals and to protect animals from inhumane treatment. Officers are available by phone during administrative and office hours, and messages left after hours and on weekends are returned by an officer. Animal bites, sick or injured animals, severe animal cruelty situations and aggressive animals are handled through 911. The shelter also works to re-home the maximum number of adoptable animals that come into its care, and a current list of adoptable and found pets is maintained.

Animal Control's administrative office and the animal shelter are both open Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, closing from noon to 1:00 PM for lunch. Animal viewing hours run Monday through Friday from 1:00 to 4:30 PM, and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4:30 PM. The shelter publishes annual statistics covering service call dispatch counts, citations, dog and cat outcome results, and euthanasia reasons. The department's ordinances and its list of adoptable animals are available through the county.

The shelter sits on S Madison Ave in Monroe. It holds a rating of 3.50.

Walton County Animal Control pairs enforcement of local animal control ordinances with a shelter operation focused on re-homing adoptable animals, serving Monroe and the surrounding Walton County area.